Lavatory-strike.



O. KATZENBERGER LAVATORY STRIKE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.4. 1911.

' Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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OSCAR KATZENBEBGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAVATORY-STRIKE.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, OSCAR KATZENBERGER, a citizen of'the lnited States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented a new and Improved Lavatory-Strike, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to lavatory strikes and has for an object theprovision of an improved construction which may be easily applied to amarble slab or other support and produce a nice appearing structure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a strike capable of alimited adjustment in order to be capable of application to slabs orother supports of different sizes without changing the generalappearance of the device.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a strike in whichthe movable or adjustable member is so interlocked with the remainingparts as to be incapable of loss.

In the accompanying drawing? Figure 1 is a side view of a strikedisclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3.

Fig. 4 is a side view of one of the parts of the structure shown in Fig.2.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the moving mernber disclosed in Fig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a marbleslab or support of any kind and 2 a door. The strike is secured to theslab 1, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the rubber cushion 3 may receive theblow of the door when closing. This rubber cushion is held in place by aturnedover end 4: of a face plate 5. The face plate 5 is riveted orotherwise rigidly secured to the clamping plate 6, which clamping platehas a side extension 7 formed with openings for receiving the respectivebolts 8. The same rivets which hold the plates 5 and 6 together alsohold a retaining plate 9 permanently against the plate 6. An auxiliaryor movable clamping plate 10 is provided, having a turnedover section 11slidingly positioned between plates 5 and 9, as shown in Fig. 2. Thesection 11 is constructed as shown in Fig. 5, namely, with a notch 12and hook members 13 and 14. The hook members 13 and 14 fit into thenotches through Fig. 1

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

Application filed August 4, 1917. Serial No. 184,420.

15 and 16 in the plate 6, as shown in Fig. 3. Plate 6 is also providedwith a notch 17'coacting passageway for the bolt ofa lockor other meansmounted on the door 2. The plate 9 is also provided with an openin 18registering with the notches 12 and 1 when the section 11 is forced toits extreme position toward plate 6.

In forming the notches 15 and 16 in plate 6 extensions or book members19 and 20 are presented interlocking with hook members 13 and 14 wherebythe section 11 and plate 10 cannot be accidentally disengaged whileallowing a free back and forth movement within the limits of the lengthof the notches 15 and 16. Plate 9 prevents'a lateral'displacement of thesection 11 so that this section and the plate 10 carrying the samecannot become accidentally disengaged from the remaining part of thestrike. This is of advantage as usually the strikes now on the marketare made separate and the adjustable plate oftentimes becomes looseeither in transportation or by the workman, so that delay and expense isincurred thereby. In addition, the construction and arrangement of theinterlocking plates permits the formation of the upper and lower edgesperfectly flat or straight and thereby will permit the workman tocountersink the strike in case such a structure is desired for producinga more finished job. This form of boxing for supporting the strike plate5 and the bumper or cushion 3 may be utilized as a support for hingeswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a supporting fixture of the character described, a'pair of plates,one of said plates acting as a face plate and the other as an adjustingplate, both of said plates having members arranged so as to interlock,and means for preventing the accidental displacement of one of saldplates from the other while permitting a free adjustment thereof.

2. In a supporting fixture of the character described, a clamping faceplate, an adjustable plate provided with a section arranged in the sameplane as the face plate, said face plate being formed with socketshaving overhanging ends and said section being formed with hook membersinterlocking with said overhanging ends, a retaining plate forpreventing lateral movement of with the notch 12 and providing a saidsection in one direction, and an article supporting plate for preventingmovement in the opposite direction.

3. In a supporting fixture of the character described, a strike platecarrying a bumper, a retaining plate spaced from the strike plate, astationary clamping plate having a face plate extending between thefirst two mentioned plates, clamping means connecting all of said platestogether, said face plate having a cutaway portion formed so as toproduce projecting hook members, and

Copies of this patent may be obtained for an adjustable plate having asection formed with hook members interlocking with the first mentionedhook members.

at. In a supporting fixture of the character described, a bumper plate,a stationary clamping plate rigidly secured to the bumper plate, and anadjustable clamping plate formed with projections interlocking with thefixed plate, said adjustable clamping plate being movable toward andfrom said fixed clamping plate.

OSCAR KATZENBER-GER.

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